This has been an exciting week in Sacred Symbols World. We're riding high off of our two hour interview with ex-Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida, and we're eager to reminisce and reflect on it. (You can watch or listen for yourself on Sacred Symbols+.) But as far as news is concerned? Well, this week is a little slower than most, which is why we packed extra listener inquiries into the show, and still covered what was there: Fresh rumors of a Tony Hawk 3+4 Remastered Collection, leaker updates concerning Square Enix's remakes of Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy Tactics, clarity on HBO's seasonal plans with The Last of Us, the potential emergence of a major Rainbow Six Siege update, and much more. As usual, we then round things out with listener inquiries on a variety of subjects. What are our thoughts about the recent layoffs on the Marvel Rivals team? Does SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku run the risk of overexposing the Yakuza/Like A Dragon franchise? Why are many creators so eager to politically and socially alienate their audiences? Is Colin on the verge of converting to Islam?

Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:12:23 - Clipping our show

0:22:25 - Status of TLOU2 Season 2 spoilercasts and Side Quest

0:31:29 - Patreon RSS changes

0:48:00 - Gaming full circle moment

0:50:08 - RIP Bullet

0:56:21 - Husky problems

1:13:50 - Colin's secret identity

1:17:37 - Colin's Italian citizenship

1:31:38 - Last week's stolen idea

1:34:47 - Roger Clark meeting

1:42:46 - Creating stories in Civilization

1:51:01 - Colin got Radec'ed

1:59:01 - Lost Soul Aside is getting a physical release

2:03:29 - Final Fantasy IX remake rumors

2:08:24 - Xbox will start including PS5 logos during events

2:15:39 - THPS 3+4 remake is real

2:23:15 - System Shock 2 remake is coming

2:28:43 - Rainbow Six Siege X

2:36:51 - TLOU will be four seasons long

2:40:00 - KCD2 and Dynasty Warriors sales

2:41:20 - What Are We Playing?

3:25:05 - Stick deadzone

3:30:15 - Marvel Rivals layoffs

3:37:20 - Like a Dragon's continued success

3:45:01 - Strong competition in the console market

3:52:14 - Dice Awards drama

4:01:44 - Amazon's failure to disrupt Steam

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